Immigration officers at Boston Logan Airport... deported an incoming Harvard freshman.... because of posts on his social media. 17 year-old Ismael Ajjawi... a Palestinian living in Lebanon... says his visa was revoked. Telling the Harvard Crimson... his ordeal with Customs and Border Protection. "She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend list." "I responded that I have no business with such posts and that I didn't like, share or comment on them and told her that I shouldn't be held responsible for what others post. I have no single post on my timeline discussing politics." 1:28 that's crazy. 1:50 this student was judged not on his posts but on posts of his friends. Immigration advocates... have feared the new policy... demanding access to social media accounts at the border... where there are no first amendment rights. Customs... gave no details why the student was denied. Only saying... he was "deemed inadmissible to the United States based on information discovered during the CBP inspection." 1:08 basically we have to take it at their word that there was something objectionable. 14 0:41 certainly this is also a natural extension of what has been done to muslims since this administration first came into power. 48 they wanted a full and complete muslim ban, they didnt get it. they're doing this in various other ways, thru backdoor really. 55 Harvard says... "The University is working closely with the student's family and appropriate authorities to resolve this matter so that he can join his classmates in the coming days." 3:06 i suspect that harvard will find a way. what worries me is all the people who dont go to harvard. 12 We should note... Harvard has been concerned how the President's policies... affect foreign students. Just last month.. Harvard's President.. wrote to the Secretary of State.. about this issue. Live in Cambridge.. SC WCVB NC

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Updated: 10:25 PM EDT Aug 27, 2019

Harvard University is welcoming freshman to campus this week, but immigration authorities have barred one new student from stepping foot beyond Logan International Airport. Ismail B. Ajjawi, 17, was expected to join his classmates before being turned back by immigration officers. Harvard officials said they are working to find a way to get him to join his fellow students in the class of 2023. "The University is working closely with the student’s family and appropriate authorities to resolve this matter so that he can join his classmates in the coming days," Harvard spokesman Jason Newton said.Ajjawi is a 17-year-old Palestinian resident of Tyre, Lebanon. He arrived Friday night at Logan and was subjected to hours of questioning, according to a report published by The Harvard Crimson. That newspaper said a U. S. Customs and Border Protection official said officers found Ajjawi was "inadmissible" to the country "based on information discovered during the CBP inspection."Ajjawi told the Crimson he was in the airport for eight hours before he was required to leave. During that time, he said officers questioned him about his religion and he was made to unlock his phone and laptop to allow for a search. He told the Crimson that an officer found "political points of view that oppose the U.S." among his friends on social media, but Ajjawi said he had no political posts of any kind on his own accounts. Ajjawi said he told the CBP officer, "I shouldn't be held responsible for what others post."Last month, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow wrote an open letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan to express "growing uncertainty and anxiety around issues involving international students and scholars."Classes on the Harvard campus begin next Tuesday.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —

Harvard University is welcoming freshman to campus this week, but immigration authorities have barred one new student from stepping foot beyond Logan International Airport.

Ismail B. Ajjawi, 17, was expected to join his classmates before being turned back by immigration officers. Harvard officials said they are working to find a way to get him to join his fellow students in the class of 2023.

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"The University is working closely with the student’s family and appropriate authorities to resolve this matter so that he can join his classmates in the coming days," Harvard spokesman Jason Newton said.

Ajjawi is a 17-year-old Palestinian resident of Tyre, Lebanon.

He arrived Friday night at Logan and was subjected to hours of questioning, according to a report published by The Harvard Crimson. That newspaper said a U. S. Customs and Border Protection official said officers found Ajjawi was "inadmissible" to the country "based on information discovered during the CBP inspection."

Ajjawi told the Crimson he was in the airport for eight hours before he was required to leave. During that time, he said officers questioned him about his religion and he was made to unlock his phone and laptop to allow for a search.

He told the Crimson that an officer found "political points of view that oppose the U.S." among his friends on social media, but Ajjawi said he had no political posts of any kind on his own accounts.

Ajjawi said he told the CBP officer, "I shouldn't be held responsible for what others post."

Last month, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow wrote an open letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan to express "growing uncertainty and anxiety around issues involving international students and scholars."